The Ballew Association of America was established in
May of 1980
Officers For Year 2009 are:
Sybil Wilson, President
4223 Jordan Rd
Greer, SC. 29651
r2rgrandma@aol.com 864-895-1529
Paul Ballew, Treasurer
4227 Sandy Branch Dr
Buford GA 30519
paulballew@bellsouth.net 770-932-8496
Rilla Mewborne, Secretary, Remlap, AL
205-680-4711 rhmewbourn@bellsouth.net
Joe David and Barbara Ballew, VP of Membership
jballew@dnet.net 828 524-3098
Jeanette Garrett, VP of Reporters, Blairsville, GA.
cotyc@alltel.net
706-745-2932
Brenda Griffin, VP of Research, Broken Arrow, OK
918-251-5950 gbgriff@cox.net
Nikki Ballew, Chaplain, Greenville, SC
H- 864-895-2890
Executive Committee:
Thomas M Ballew, Atlanta GA
ballewtd@bellsouth.net
William A (Bill) Ballew, Lilburn GA.
billballew@mailstation.com
Harold C Ballew, St Mountain GA.
hjballew@bellsouth.net
Paul Ballew Buford, GA
paulballew@bellsouth.net
Tom, Harold, Paul and Bill Ballew at the 2007 Strategic Planning Meeting in
Tucker GA
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The Ballew Family Association of America
Constitution
ARTICLE I. TITLE
Section i. The name of this organization shall be the Ballew Family Association of America
established May, 1980.
Article II. NATURE AND PURPOSE
Section i. This organization shall be historical, genealogical and educational.
It shall not engage in partisan political activity, but this shall not at any time prevent
it from researching, printing, or other wise causing to be known any genealogical or
historical material which may reflect political content.
Section ii. The purpose of this organization is to bring into contact all those persons
who are genealogically researching Ballews and allied families. The ultimate purpose of
this organization is to publish a Ballew Family history containing as many branches of the
Ballew family as can be documented. To this purpose, The Ballew Family Association of
America will accept, file, preserve, and possibly publish records as they are received..
ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP
Section i. Membership in the organization is available to all individuals regardless of
surname or ancestry, libraries, or societies, which is on a yearly basis, beginning 1
January to 31 December of each year.
Section ii. Each member shall pay dues of ten dollars ($10.00) per year, payable in
advance or in January of each year. Membership dues may be in printing costs and/or
materials of same; any such change shall be at the discretion of increased or decreased to
reflect any change in the size and/or quality of any publications of the organization, or
to reflect changes the Officers of the Association.
Section iii. All prospective members, other than libraries or societies and individuals
with no Ballew ancestry, are required to submit lineage charges to their earliest proven
Ballew ancestor.
ARTICLE IV. ORGANIZATION
Section i. The Ballew Family Association of America shall have a President, Vice President
Membership, Treasurer and secretary, which shall comprise all duties requisite with the
organization.
Section ii. Additional officers may be elected or appointed within the organization to
serve in any capacity as may now or hereafter be provided for.
ARTICLE V. FINANCE
Section i. The revenues of the organization shall be derived from annual membership dues,
from donations, legacies, and bequests, and from such other sources as the Officers of the
Ballew Association may on occasion provide.
ARTICLE VI. PUBLICATIONS
Section i. The Ballew Family Association of America shall publish a magazine THE BALLEW
FAMILY JOURNAL, which shall contain historical and genealogical records of a private and
public nature on the local, state, and national level. The publication shall be provided
at no cost to members of the organization and shall be published annually beginning
January 1982.
Section ii. The Editor of The Ballew Family Journal assumes no responsibility for errors
of fact, or opinion, expressed by contributors., It is his earnest desire to publish only
reliable source material of a genealogical or historical nature. Materials for publication
are welcome. Please type such materials or send Xerox copies of original records.
Section iii. Back issues of The Ballew Family Journal will be available to all persons,
libraries, and societies at a rate at least equal to and no less than, the annual
membership dues or pre-rate portion thereof.
ARTICLE VII. GENEALOGICAL HOLDS
Section i. All genealogical and historical material, including member's lineage charts,
will be preserved by The Ballew Family Association of America to be eventually deposited
with the Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia..
